7.6% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Devonport · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Devonport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in Devonport have gone without a car since 2011, though most residents still rely heavily on driving. While the area has a good number of transport stops, very few people use public transit to get to work. This remains a car-dependent region where walking to the nearest stop can take much longer than in most areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. The most common setup is one car for 38.1% of households, while 34.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Devonport splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 4.6% of workers doing so. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.9%.
4.6% ▲ +52.6%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ +23.4%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Devonport has 128 public transport stops and 13 routes, which is more than about 65% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Tasmanian figure.
128
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.89
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
443.1
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
13
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around on foot is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 54 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Drive times to the city are also among the highest at this level.
54
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
179
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Devonport
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61610/devonport/topic/transport